racetrack
Circuit Zolder
A Belgian circuit tragically linked to Gilles Villeneuve's death in 1982, with a rich history in Formula 1 and touring car racing.
13 km · about 25 min drive
Flanders, Belgium · Europe
Alken is worth a stop: 10 minutes from Wellen, 26km from Hoge Kempen National Park.
Alken is a town located in Flanders, Belgium. With a population of 10,933, it is an important destination in Europe.
On a road trip, Alken sits in Belgium, where you drive on the right. It's in the Europe/Brussels time zone. Below you'll find where to stay, things to do nearby, and everything you need to add Alken to your route.
Alken (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈɑlkə(n)] ; Limburgish: Alleke [ˈɑləkə]) is a municipality located in Belgian province of Limburg. The community lies just south of the provincial capital of Hasselt, in the Hesbaye region. Alken has about 11,300 residents, which gives the village a larger population than the nearby smallRead more
cities of Borgloon and Herk-de-Stad.
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Alken is located in Flanders, Belgium, Europe. The coordinates are 50.8755 latitude, 5.3056 longitude.
Alken has a population of approximately 10,933 people, making it a town in Belgium.
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racetrack
A Belgian circuit tragically linked to Gilles Villeneuve's death in 1982, with a rich history in Formula 1 and touring car racing.
13 km · about 25 min drive
national park
Belgium's first national park, a heath and pine landscape in Limburg with six gateway entrances and visitor car parks.
26 km · about 30 min drive
landmark
A grand cafe-ringed square anchored by two medieval churches in the Netherlands' oldest, most Burgundian city.
27 km · about 30 min drive
landmark
Hill-country Valkenburg hides Roman-era marl tunnels, a ruined castle and the Netherlands' only true hilltop drives.
37 km · about 40 min drive
landmark
A lacework masterpiece of late-Gothic stone, crusted with statues and pinnacles in Belgium's great university city.
42 km · about 50 min drive
landmark
The 'white village' of Limburg: an entire former abbey-principality of whitewashed brick lanes and cobbles beside the Maas, painted white in the Napoleonic era to dodge a window tax and kept that way ever since.
49 km · about 55 min drive
scenic viewpoint
The Netherlands' highest mainland point at 322.4 metres, where the Dutch, Belgian and German borders meet near Vaals.
52 km · about 60 min drive
museum
Christian de Portzamparc's angular white museum in Louvain-la-Neuve devoted to Tintin's creator, holding original plates, sketches and the world's largest Hergé collection across eight themed galleries.
54 km · about 60 min drive
April to October
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